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UNITED STATES Arena OFFICE,

JAMES B. BROWN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE NEW YORK PLOWCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,425, dated March24,1885.

(No model.)

1' 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES B. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New York, in the county and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of plows in which the standard iscurved on its front edge in rear of the mold-board to prevent cloggingor choking.

The object of my invention is, first, to re lieve the standard of aportion of the strain on the beam when the plow is in use; second, tovertically adjust the plow-beam; third, to stiffen the plow. I attainthese objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompany ingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plow in which myinvention is embodied. a sectional detail of the plow-beam, taken at theline 00 m of Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the views.

A is the plow-beam; A, the plow-head; A the rear end of the beam,pivoted to the ban dle C.

B is the standard, which terminates in an enlarged plate or h6t(l,-B',provided with a series of bolt-holes, B.

O is the right, and O the left or landside, handle.

D is a block interposed between the handle 0 and the beam end A D isabolt which connects the beam A to the handle 0, and forms a pivot for.the beam, to turn on, as is shown.

E is a bolt which adjustably connects the beam A to the standard-head B.It will be seen that the beam is pivoted to the handle 0 at A and thatits free end or plow-head A can be raised or lowered and fastened in thedesired position by the bolt E being passed through one of the series ofholes B in the Fig. 2 1s standard-head B; also, it will be seen that theconnection of the beam, handle, and standard in this way constitutes atriangular brace, and that the strain of the beam is divided between thestandard and the handle; and, further, that the weight and first cost ofmanufacture and of repair is much reduced, less metal being required inone standard than in two, and also that as one-half of the beam strainfalls upon the wood handle of the plow, should any breakage take placeit would in all probability give way before the standard, which breakagecan be easily and cheaply repaired by even a farmer himself without lossof time, while in the case of a plow having the beamstrain on. say, twostandards,in the event of one of them being broken the entireplow-casting is destroyed, and the plow can only be repaired at the costof a new casting and more or less loss of time.

I do not wish to be understood as claiming, broadly, a plow-standardhaving a slot or a ratchet-slot'in its upper end or head, as I know suchhave been made and used. I disclaim such.

I am aware, also, that it is not new to secure a plow-beam adjustably toa single standardseat or to attach it to a plow-handle, and do not wishto be understood as broadly claiming such; but

\Vhat I claim is- The standard B, as shown and described, having itsfront edge formed to curvesharply back from the mold-board seat, andprovided with a handle socket, b, and a single beam'bearing, B, havingadjusting holes, in combination with plow-beam A, handle C, block D, andbolt D, securing the beam to the handle, as set forth.

JAMES B. BROWN.

Witnesses:

J. H. SIMoNsoN, GEO. W. Jonas.

